1966 (2) TMI 12

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....ncome-tax Officer discovered certain discrepancies between the assessee's operation through the banking account and the assessee's relationship under the registered partnership deed and refused therefore the renewal of registration of the assessee's firm under section 26A. Subsequent to that, an order was passed under rule 6B cancelling the registration of the firm in respect of assessment years 1954-55 and 1955-56. Thereupon, notice under section 34 was issued to the assessee for reopening the assessment for those two years and, after compliance by the assessee, the assessments were made. Against those assessments, the assessee went in appeal to the Appellate Assistant Commissioner and failing there, before the Appellate Tribunal. Before b....

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....roper stage to consider that. The assessee might have gone in appeal against that and agitated that question at different stage as provided under the law. That he did not do. Learned counsel appearing for him, however, contends that the bona fide impression prevailing with the assessee and his legal advisers was that there was no provision in law for an appeal against an order passed under rule 6B. On account of some decisions of the Madras High Court, this erroneous impression may have held the ground. Now, that position has been clarified by a decision of the Supreme Court, in which it has been held that that order also can be agitated in appeal as if it were an order passed under rule 6A refusing registration. Be that as it may, in this ....